The Classical Gabfest

This week, we start out with a rousing round of Name That Tune AKA Stump The Hosts and then we move on to discussion topic of the week: Teachers & Teaching!

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Kensho
Brahms Symphony No. 4

Tiffany
Christine Donkin, “Frosted Pane”

Will
Glazunov, Symphony No. 2 in F-sharp minor

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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Listening Limbo and then we move on to our discussion topic of the week: Clothing!

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Tiffany
Morton Gould, Tap Dance Concerto

Will
Strauss, Kaiser-Waltzer

Kensho
Puccini, La Bohème: “Vecchia Zimarra” 

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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Match the Interpreter and then we move on to our discussion topic of the week, Programming!

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Will
Holst, Ode to Death

Kensho
Tchaikovsky, Iolanta: Robert’s Aria

Tiffany
Bohuslav Martinu, Memorial to Lidice

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This week, we start out with an impromptu round of car radio Name That Tune and then we move on to our three topics:

EXILORCHESTER MRIYA
Exiled Ukrainian Musicians Create Orchestra In Germany

UNFINISHED
Schipps sentenced to 60 months of prison
Damien Geter “African-American Requiem” premieres at OSO and Washington DC
Ruth Slenczynska receives honorary doctorate from Curtis at 97
Bernstein pics are antisemitic? 
Anna Netrebko announces her upcoming concert & opera appearances 

CONCERT REPORT

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Tiffany
Strauss, Metamorphosen

Will
Messiaen, O sacrum convivium

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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Name That Tune AKA Stump the Hosts and then we move on to our three topics:

NEWS! Headlines
Steinway IPOs (Fast Company)
Missing 100k Violin Found by a Parisian Trash Can (The Strad)
Rice Opens New Opera House (FDA Online)
St. Paul’s adds girls to chorister program (St. Paul’s)
YoYo Ma wins $1m Birgit Nilsson prize (The Strad)
Congrats to Tiffany on her appointment as director of orchestras at U-FL! Go Gators!

BERNSTEIN BIOPIC PICS DROP
Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein: First Look (Deadline)

ALBUM REVIEW: STILL, ORCHESTRAL WORKS
Listen on Spotify
Album info on Naxos

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Kensho
Mozart, Oboe Quartet in F Major 

Tiffany
William Grant Still, Kaintuck’

Will
Telemann, Ouverture “Les Nations”: 5. Les Moscovites

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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Who Dis? and then we move on to our three topics:

SFCM BUYS PENTATONE
SF Conservatory Acquires Pentatone (SFCV)
San Francisco Conservatory Adds A Record Label to its Portfolio (SF Chronicle)
A Conservatory with a Record Label and a Management Firm: That’s Weird, or is it? (SF Chronicle)

THE WORST CLASSICAL PERFORMANCES
YouTube

CAN ORCHESTRAS MAKE SOCIAL MEDIA STARS OF THEIR PLAYERS?
The Orchestra of Influence (YouTube)

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Will
Ralf Yusuf Gawlick, Kollwitz-Konnex, op. 19

Kensho
Giacomo Puccini, Crisantemi

Tiffany
Verdi, Rigoletto: “Bella figlia dell’amore”

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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Back to the Future AKA Retrogradus ad Parnassum, and then we move on to our three topics:

MUSICIANS FIRED FROM THEIR OWN QUARTET
Nonprofit board fires DaPonte String Quartet musicians, changes mission (Portland Press Herald)

CHINA-NK FRIENDSHIP CONCERT
Full Performance of North Korean Artists in Beijing (YouTube)

RAVEN CHACON WINS 2022 PULITZER IN MUSIC
Full performance (Vimeo)
Meet Raven Chacon, the first Native American to win the Pulitzer Prize for music (NPR)
Commentary: Raven Chacon’s ‘Voiceless Mass’ magnifies unsung voices into the realm of the sacred (LAT)
The Pulitzer Prize Winner That Emerged Out of a Time of Quietness (NYT)

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Tiffany
Farrenc, Symphony No. 3, mvmt. 3

Will
Bloch, Baal Shem

Gabe
Beethoven, arr. Roman Kim: Symphony No. 5

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This week, we’re playing Will’s interview on the Moveable Do podcast, hosted by Steve Danielson. 

Will joins an illustrious lineup of composers to be interviewed on the show, including Eric Whitacre, Libby Larsen, Rollo Dilworth, and Jake Runestad. Be sure to check out the podcast and subscribe: 

https://anchor.fm/moveabledo

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From Will’s interview, we’ll add “Acadia Fanfare” to the mixtape as this week’s selection:
White, “Acadia Fanfare”

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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Name That Tune AKA Stump the Hosts and then we move on to our three topics:

YOUTH ORCHESTRA RESPONDS TO OFF-KEY CAR AD
N.B. Youth Orchestra posts masterful clapback to car ad that rubbed them the wrong way (CBC)

LIZZO ON SNL
“Orchestra” (YouTube)

JEFFREY EPSTEIN’S MYSTERIOUS CELLO
Jeffrey Epstein, A Rare Cello, and an Enduring Mystery (NYT)

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Will
Sibelius, Piano Sonata in F

Joey
Stravinsky, Serenade in A

**Watch Joey’s recital on May 10 at 1:00 pm EDT!**

Tiffany
Teresa Carreño, “Venise. Rêverie-barcarolle”

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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Classical Chronology and then we move on to our three topics:

COVID OUTBREAK AT BSO
Following first unmasked concert, chorus members share cautionary tale (WBUR)

LISTENER FEEDBACK
Listener JT’s blog:
https://namelyjt.com/2022/03/20/the-hours-before/
https://namelyjt.com/2022/03/20/the-hours-after/

GERGIEV’S WEALTH EXPOSED
The Maestro’s ATM (Van Magazine)

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Tiffany
Pablo de Sarasate, “Zigeunerweisen”

Kensho
Oswaldo Golijov, Last Round

Will
Boulanger, D’un matin de printemps

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